• Song:

    Trees Get Wheeled Away

  • Artist:

    Bright Eyes

  • Album:

    2002-10-05: Live on KDG...

Cap on first fret, standard tuning.

CAnchormen (x32010@1)spike their blood
Gwear (320003@1)masks of mud 
                 C (x32010@1)                   Fcucumbers (133211@1)cut to fit their eyes
         C (x32010@1)                                      G (320003@1)                
and so no one would know how tired they've grown
    C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)              Cof (x32010@1)talking and telling their lies
Cwhile (x32010@1)your tvs change stations
         Gscroll (320003@1)messages
                   C (x32010@1)                               Fvictims (133211@1)and christians both drinking blood
                       C (x32010@1)                               Gand (320003@1)they pray for the destruction of all hatred
                         C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)          Cmore (x32010@1)often just those with hate for us
  C (x32010@1)                                                      Gcause (320003@1)it hurts when you discover one's worse and one's better. 
C (x32010@1)                                    Fto (133211@1)suffer or cause others to
C (x32010@1)                                  
and you can live by your conscience
        Gnow (320003@1)guilt is a concept
           C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)             Cyou're (x32010@1)no longer subscribing to
              F (133211@1)               Gthere's (320003@1)a virgin in my bed
               C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)       Amand (x02210@1)she's taking off her dress
       F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)and i'm not sure what i am gonna do
               F (133211@1)                      Gthere's (320003@1)a song stuck in my head
         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)       Amand (x02210@1)i can't help singing it
     F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)                  Goh (320003@1)how i hope my singing pleases you
                        Amcause (x02210@1)i am not who I've become

               G (320003@1)                 Cbut (x32010@1)what you made me into

CGCFC

                Coh (x32010@1)we got no health insurance
     Gno (320003@1)cellular service
     C (x32010@1)                      Fno (133211@1)disease they can cure
                             C (x32010@1)           
but we need more money to burn
             G (320003@1)                              C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)                      Cso (x32010@1)each person must learn the dollar amount they are worth
               Cand (x32010@1)your pills make me dizzy
     Gforgetting (320003@1)my body
  C (x32010@1)                       Fi (133211@1)watch as it walks away
                        Cand (x32010@1)i just keep drinking the poison
       G (320003@1)          
and smoking the cartons
   C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)    Ca (x32010@1)pack and a half a day
              C (x32010@1)                    
so when time comes to claim me
      G (320003@1)                                     C (x32010@1)                       F (133211@1)   
my friends and my family will gather around my grave
                 C (x32010@1)                                           Gand (320003@1)they'll believe that they knew me and love me and miss me
       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      Cand (x32010@1)all call me by my name
F (133211@1)                             Gso (320003@1)imagine what you want
              C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)      Amand (x02210@1)then hold on to that thought
          F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)            Gcause (320003@1)that's as close as it will ever come
      F (133211@1)                                    G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)                 Amand (x02210@1)believe you're where you are and keep acting out the part
                F (133211@1)                                          C (x32010@1)                         Gbut (320003@1)at the end of the end of the day the trees all get wheeled away
                     Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)                             
and you'll be standing alone in a blank blank space

    F (133211@1)                                  Gso (320003@1)believe you're who you are
       C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      Amand (x02210@1)stay in character
                F (133211@1)                        C (x32010@1)                   Gbut (320003@1)at the end of the play the audience walks away
                     Am (x02210@1)                       G (320003@1)      Cand (x32010@1)you'll be shivering cold on a well lit stage. 


That's how I play it.  It's the first song I've tabbed, and it's really just chords.
I don't know if this is going to line up correctly, but you get the point. I have it
lined correctly in a microsoft works document if anyone wants it.

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